Divorce
/dɪˈvɔːs/
noun
- The legal dissolution of a marriage.
"Richard obtained a divorce from his wife some years ago, but hasn't returned to the dating scene."
- A separation of connected things.
"The Civil War split between Virginia and West Virginia was a divorce based along cultural and economic as well as geographic lines."
- That which separates.
verb
- To legally dissolve a marriage between two people.
"A ship captain can marry couples, but cannot divorce them."
- To end one's own marriage to (a person) in this way.
"Lucy divorced Steve when she discovered that he had been unfaithful."
- To obtain a legal divorce.
"Edna and Simon divorced last year; he got the house, and she retained the business."
- To separate something that was connected.
"The radical group voted to divorce itself from the main faction and start an independent movement."
Total: 13 Scrabble points
Word Validity & Sources
Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.
About the Word "Divorce"
Divorce is a 7-letter word that scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words With Friends. The letters in "divorce" can be rearranged to form 1 other valid word.
Using "Divorce" in Word Games
When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "divorce" is a medium-scoring word.